Re: [microsound] Re: livecoding

[jeff gburek <tsazmaniac@xxxxxxxxx>]

it is kind of fascinating to see what people use i
must admit...but also the person who uses almost
nothing is just as fascinating maybe...again, like my
other post, i think there is a mental attitude that i
find is most attractive...

--- Edward George <edwardgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 7/7/06, aleks vasic <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Your average Joe is going
> > to have a harder time following a live performance
> by an electronic
> > artist who sits behind the screen of his laptop
> multitasking between
> > software, twiddles knobs on various controllers,
> effect peddles/decks,
> > blah blah blah.  A live electronic show(for lack
> of a better
> > description) alienates the audience much more then
> a traditional DJ
> > does.
> 
> I've only caught the tail-end of this conversation
> so apologies if
> this isn't related...
> 
> I've only ever put a few nights on myself but have a
> number of friends
> who put regular nights on (not usually microsound
> but electronic music
> of various degrees) in a few different cities and we
> try to get a lot
> of feedback on what people like. From the geeks to
> the people who just
> *like* the music to the f^%k heads they are all
> pretty united on what
> they don't like - someone just stood there staring
> into the screen of
> their laptop. However, we've found that people
> really like it when
> someone has a lot of kit. They certainly don't know
> what all those
> little boxes are doing but they love to watch
> someone interacting with
> all the flashing lights. People with lots of gear
> are always the most
> popular and well-received. They certainly don't find
> it alienating.
> 
>
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